Having spent the last 20 years as a designer, it feels wonderful, but very scary, to pick up a pencil, rather than a mouse, and draw. It makes my heart beat faster... After all, who wouldn’t want to escape into a world where wolves ski and a little boy saves the day with a strand of tinned spaghetti?

Awards

Second prize, Macmillan Prize for Illustration 2015 for ‘Yankee Doodle Stanley’

Longlisted, Klaus Flugge Prize 2019 for ‘Erik the Lone Wolf’

Honourable Mention Award ‘A well designed book - lets start with children’ Academy of Fine Arts, Poland for ‘The Bench’

Runner up Picture Hooks ‘Seed to Table’ illustration competition 2020 for ‘Family Get Together’

Exhibitions

‘Jamelia’s 123’ selected by International publishers for Dpictus Unpublished Picture Book Showcase Frankfurt Book Fair 2019

‘The Bench’ selected by International publishers for Dpictus Unpublished Picture Book Showcase Frankfurt Book Fair 2020

‘My Lovely Lake Walk’ was selected for ’They Draw and Travel’ book, 'Where We Walk: 100 Illustrated Maps of Wonderful Walks from Around the World’. 2021

‘Family Get Together’ artwork selected for From Seed to Table’ Illustration Exhibition at County Hall, London curated by County Hall and Picture Hooks 2021

If you want to get in touch please contact me at sarahfinan@me.com